HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? AN INTERPRETATION OF WHICH WEEKS REPRESENT AN EMPLOYEE’S AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE FOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
The Court of Appeals of Iowa affirmed a decision from the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commission that held that a week during which an employee works only a few hours less than other weeks can be excluded from the average weekly wage calculation in Regional Care...
UPDATE | 2021 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LEGISLATION
As of the close of business on Friday, March 12, Committee hearings were completed. Priority bill designations will wrap up early this week when the Speaker of the legislature selects his 25 priority bills. We anticipate that the balance of the session will be...
2021 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LEGISLATION
As of yesterday, every legislative bill addressing workers’ compensation has now been heard in committee. Every bill remains in committee and no action has been taken on them, except LB 407, which was advanced to General File on 2/11/21. See below for a summary of...
FACTORS FOR COMMUTATION OF COMPENSATION AWARDS REVISITED
The Iowa Court of Appeals recently affirmed a Commissioner’s ruling to grant an employee’s request to have his workers’ compensation benefits partially commuted in United Fire v. Hessenius. In Hessenius, the employer argued against commutation on the basis that the...